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Gungankllr
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Posted - 2005.05.06 16:14:00 -
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Quote: This just in: a Federation cargo transport passing through the Alperaute system was three hours ago intercepted by what is believed to have been a Serpentis strike force of unknown size and make-up. Preliminary reports indicate losses on the Gallente side were significant: in addition to dozens of frigates and a number of cruisers and battleships, the Federation is said to have lost control of one of its six Soulteur titans into the hands of the Serpentis.
Federation officials have at this point neither confirmed nor denied the titan's loss, but are admitting the brutal attack "came as a complete shock, seemingly out of nowhere." Salvage and rescue teams have been at work in the system for the past two hours, and the exact nature and number of Federation losses is expected to come in soon. More updates as they arrive.
A task force has formed and is standing by monitoring the Gallente Emergency Frequency should a call for assistance from the Gallente Federation be issued.
Scouts are already combing the surrounding systems for dozens of jumps in every direction. It is sincerely hoped that for all our sakes the Gallente Federation had the foresight to install a hidden tracking beacon on such a monster.
We await the call to duty.
www.hadean.org
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fuze
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Posted - 2005.05.06 16:21:00 -
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So, ermmm...... who gets that Titan BPO eventually? ___________________________ Favorite bumpersticker of the month: My head hurts! |
SinBin
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Posted - 2005.05.06 16:21:00 -
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What is this gallente idiot week, how do we loose a fleet with a titan in it ?.
This has gotta have something to do with Caldri state , all us gallentes best meet up in Jita & slauter loads of drug taking **** watching brainless caldri noobs. _______________________________________
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SinBin
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Posted - 2005.05.06 16:23:00 -
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Edited by: SinBin on 06/05/2005 16:25:26 Iv worked it out myself we was probly using the titan to mine wile everything else hauled.
I best get to training my XL miner2 skills _______________________________________
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Gungankllr
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Posted - 2005.05.06 16:55:00 -
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Edited by: Gungankllr on 06/05/2005 16:55:00 Serpentis Fleet is currently in F67E-Q, [5] are planning on assisting the Serpentis, have a moderate sized fleet in system.
www.hadean.org
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Isonkon Serikain
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Posted - 2005.05.06 17:03:00 -
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For real?
Lets go!
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SinBin
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Posted - 2005.05.06 17:50:00 -
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now I remeber why I try & stick to the general forum.
I best haed to jita & you 2 go F67 & Fuze can check the market for bpos. _______________________________________
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alpheon
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Posted - 2005.05.06 18:07:00 -
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Just post a damn screen shot. I want to see how large this crazy thing is.
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Palx
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Posted - 2005.05.06 18:26:00 -
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http://mike94.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/2005.05.06.17.36.46.jpg
Image changed to link -Armetheus
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Joshua Foiritain
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Posted - 2005.05.06 18:40:00 -
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Funny how CCP didnt bother fixing the Serpentis corporation first, Sarpati is still a Caldari when the fiction claims hes supposed to be a Gallente. But meh, details i guess. ---------------------------
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MinThreat
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Posted - 2005.05.06 18:44:00 -
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That is infinitely cool..... Just sat here gawking at it for 5 minutes. Sitting here at work gnashing my teeth, waiting for clock off time. No doubt the drive home will set a new world speed record. Cant wait to get out there and help. Hope it isnt just an enormous graveyard by the time we do. Good luck, and fly VERY safe, Min Symposium INC |
Elve Sorrow
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Posted - 2005.05.06 19:14:00 -
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FRAPS
/Elve
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Ikvar
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Posted - 2005.05.06 19:39:00 -
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Edited by: Ikvar on 06/05/2005 20:18:21 Oh, killing a Gallente Titan.
How original, I was hoping for a good event. _________________
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Dargon Starjammer
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Posted - 2005.05.06 20:56:00 -
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by the looks of it. that screen shot showed a wreck yard. i saw nothing but cans and pods and one ship atatcking the titan and the titan had lost 5% of its shield hp.
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dimensionZ
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Posted - 2005.05.06 23:39:00 -
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http://www.killboard.net/?p=details&id=25988 http://www.killboard.net/?p=details&id=25987 http://www.killboard.net/?p=details&id=25982
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Hunt Smacker
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Posted - 2005.05.06 23:46:00 -
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Here's a few extra screenies: Linkage
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Don Carn'age
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Posted - 2005.05.07 00:11:00 -
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Edited by: Don Carn''age on 07/05/2005 00:11:23 picture of the fleet and hostiles attacking the serpentis with the[5] and co supporting serpentis and killing everyone else
Linkage
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skilz
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Posted - 2005.05.07 00:31:00 -
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me wan kill --
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qapchure
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Posted - 2005.05.07 02:00:00 -
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so anyone catch this thing yet?
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SinBin
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Posted - 2005.05.07 02:42:00 -
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more pics Link _______________________________________
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Cidriel
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Posted - 2005.05.07 02:58:00 -
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Edited by: Cidriel on 07/05/2005 02:59:14 Wow, is this still going on? Seems to be one tough nut to kill.
Edit: apparently the act of breaking something in a violent manner is censored. _____
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Angelhunter
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Posted - 2005.05.07 04:46:00 -
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We Downed one of their Escort Ships in Fountain, Screenshots coming soon.
2005.05.07 02:21:00
Victim: Shart Versa Corporation: Serpentis Corporation Destroyed Type: Vindicator Solar System: YZ-LQL System Security Level: 0.0 Involved parties:
Name: GrandMaster Achilleus (laid the final blow) Security Status: -1.2 Corporation: Black Avatar Ship Type: Crusader Weapon Type: Medium Modulated Pulse Energy Beam I
Name: Angelhunter Security Status: 3.7 Corporation: Damage Industries Ship Type: Taranis Weapon Type: Unknown Destroyed items:
Type: 425mm Railgun II (Fitted - High slot)
Type: 425mm Railgun II (Fitted - High slot)
Type: 425mm Railgun II (Fitted - High slot)
Type: Cap Recharger II (Fitted - Medium slot)
Type: Magnetic Field Stabilizer II (Fitted - Low slot)
Type: Magnetic Field Stabilizer II (Fitted - Low slot)
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keng
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Posted - 2005.05.07 07:16:00 -
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i can t beleive no one tryed to get a jamming group and jamed it
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Teknikal
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Posted - 2005.05.07 07:31:00 -
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everyone was too busy pvp'ing
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Gungankllr
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Posted - 2005.05.07 07:52:00 -
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Was tons of fun for all.
The combined FIX/BoB fleet made a lot of people confused.
www.hadean.org
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Halseth Durn
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Posted - 2005.05.07 08:10:00 -
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Congrats on the fun. I remember seeing this ship back in beta and thinking it looked unfinished. That was 3 years ago.
Now it looks unfinished and dated.
Oberon-Inc FEAR MY EMOTICONS |
fuze
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Posted - 2005.05.07 09:44:00 -
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Quote: Lallante the Combined [5] and MC fleet Escorted the Titan to Serpentis Prime fighting off no less than FIVE other alliances.
SERPENTIS FOR THE WIN
Thats right, the Titan WAS NOT KILLED.
___________________________ Favorite bumpersticker of the month: My head hurts! |
Sennju Zensu
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Posted - 2005.05.07 09:55:00 -
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ello, i have followed all the fight in JKJ and next system.
link here but its in french for the story sorry ^^
http://academie-eq.org/forum/viewtopic.php?t=5824
enjoy ^^
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Arbenowskee
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Posted - 2005.05.07 10:23:00 -
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Edited by: Arbenowskee on 07/05/2005 10:27:02 So titan survived? I don't know cause i had to log, when it was down to 25% of shields...
anyway here are the sreenies :
Linkage
edit: screenies added
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Sennju Zensu
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Posted - 2005.05.07 11:43:00 -
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actually with my personnal information, the titan survived, i lost him in 3HQC maybe he jumped to next system but it was late and not checked
(in 3HQC BoB- RKK / BNC etc was fighting the titan, and he warped to a gate it seems but when i warped to the gate (like all BoB in system)... no titan...)
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Gungankllr
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Posted - 2005.05.07 12:06:00 -
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He made it to Serpentis Prime and docked/logged.
www.hadean.org
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Alasse Cuthalion
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Posted - 2005.05.07 12:23:00 -
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Edited by: Alasse Cuthalion on 07/05/2005 12:25:08 Removed.
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Caretakers mistress
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Posted - 2005.05.07 12:42:00 -
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[5] picked the serpentis side, so lets do it right, and have concord set them to -10 all. Being affiliated with known pirats and helping the likes should not be tolerated.
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Djmase
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Posted - 2005.05.07 12:49:00 -
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yeah I think caretaker is right about this.
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Bratzo
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Posted - 2005.05.07 12:50:00 -
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sry, accidently used my alt
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Falryx
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Posted - 2005.05.07 13:18:00 -
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It was definitely good fun, though I feel abused by having a mean ole Vindicator piloted by a Dev take out my poor little cruiser when there were juicier targets around.
I will admit, I'm confused why "The [Jackson] Five" felt that the Titan needed an escort. Truth be told, I think they just wanted to mix it up with anyone else along the way. That's fair, I know a fair few of 'em went down too.
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Artharas
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Posted - 2005.05.07 14:27:00 -
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CCP, explain to me one thing, how can the titan use jump gates? ------------------------- These are my views and don't necessarily represent my corp nor my alliance. |
Artharas
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Posted - 2005.05.07 14:28:00 -
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Originally by: Falryx It was definitely good fun, though I feel abused by having a mean ole Vindicator piloted by a Dev take out my poor little cruiser when there were juicier targets around.
I will admit, I'm confused why "The [Jackson] Five" felt that the Titan needed an escort. Truth be told, I think they just wanted to mix it up with anyone else along the way. That's fair, I know a fair few of 'em went down too.
TBH I think they only wanted a few more kills to put on their killboards. Killmails 4tl! ------------------------- These are my views and don't necessarily represent my corp nor my alliance. |
Elve Sorrow
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Posted - 2005.05.07 17:38:00 -
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We wanted to add more flavour to the event. Face it, what fun would've been 400 people shooting at a Titan untill it goes down, the one of the 30 noobships rushing away with the loot it dropped? None whatsoever.
/Elve
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Sky Hunter
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Posted - 2005.05.07 18:24:00 -
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Originally by: Elve Sorrow We wanted to add more flavour to the event. Face it, what fun would've been 400 people shooting at a Titan untill it goes down, the one of the 30 noobships rushing away with the loot it dropped? None whatsoever.
Have to agree with you here, altrough IMO titan is too overpowered. 35mil shield as i heard? its a bit too much i guess. Or should say that i think that when playable titan will be released it will have only 100k shields? -=-
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Elve Sorrow
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Posted - 2005.05.07 18:27:00 -
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Yea, its pretty much a flying POS. Not to mention, with 8 medslots it can just bring 8 hardners and be nearly invulnerable.
/Elve
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Spuki
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Posted - 2005.05.07 19:10:00 -
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Its been one of the worst events ever.
That titan had too many shields. We spend hours with 100+ Battleships firing on it. The lag was just awful.
Also the titan pilot logged out a few times and spawned again in another system. He did not use his jumpdrives but just logged off. Great roleplaying from CCP :(
Not to mention the the Faction Megathron spawns 150km away who picked single ships. Did CCP thought it wasnt hard enough already?
Great work also to ATUK and SHINRA, who decided to engage the ships shooting the titan. Its been 230 ships in one grid. Most of us got one frame every 30 seconds, even with all turrets effects disabled.
Also Atuk and Shinra didnt seem to be able to decide sides. They changed mind from escorting the titan in shooting it about every minute or so. I guess they wasnt really after the event, but tried to get easy FA kills. If I ever had some respect of you guys - I lost it yesterday night ...
Conclusion: Worst event ever ...
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Elve Sorrow
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Posted - 2005.05.07 19:26:00 -
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Shinra and ATUK did never switch sides. At one point, while we were in talks with Tuvan Orth, Salvador Sarpati declared us KOS in local. He claimed 'our assistance was not needed'. Tuvan Orth did not know about this, and we talked with him. Tuvan would discuss it with Salvador. In the mean time, we shot some Serpentis ships to show we meant business.
/Elve
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Fourier
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Posted - 2005.05.07 20:29:00 -
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Edited by: Fourier on 07/05/2005 20:36:24
Originally by: Spuki Its been one of the worst events ever.
That titan had too many shields. We spend hours with 100+ Battleships firing on it. The lag was just awful. Also the titan pilot logged out a few times and spawned again in another system. He did not use his jumpdrives but just logged off. Great roleplaying from CCP :(
Not to mention the the Faction Megathron spawns 150km away who picked single ships. Did CCP thought it wasnt hard enough already?
Great work also to ATUK and SHINRA, who decided to engage the ships shooting the titan. Its been 230 ships in one grid. Most of us got one frame every 30 seconds, even with all turrets effects disabled.
Also Atuk and Shinra didnt seem to be able to decide sides. They changed mind from escorting the titan in shooting it about every minute or so. I guess they wasnt really after the event, but tried to get easy FA kills. If I ever had some respect of you guys - I lost it yesterday night ...
Conclusion: Worst event ever ...
Ask me..........and I will answer that it was a great event.
We where 80+ in my gang and we lost a couple of friggs, only 1 BS (who went down going 1vs1 titan and the vindicator group).
We where able to take it to bout 20% shields. But we also managed to kill of all the "Actor" Vindicators (6+ of em).
And about Atuk and Shinra. I think it was cool that Player peeps helped the "NPC" corp as an escort group. added to the event (roleplaying) flavour.
So tnx to all the peeps who joined in on the fun (some nice Politic qwerks)
And to CCP tnx for another great Event, keep em comming.
Satisfied vindicator killer.
PS. next time Egulbard Afsommon....perhaps put some WCS on....for your own safety =P
Egulbard Afsommon Bye Bye vindicator
Another vindicator kill......check around for more of em
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Spuki
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Posted - 2005.05.07 21:08:00 -
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Originally by: Fourier
Ask me..........and I will answer that it was a great event.
We where 80+ in my gang and we lost a couple of friggs, only 1 BS (who went down going 1vs1 titan and the vindicator group).
We where able to take it to bout 20% shields. But we also managed to kill of all the "Actor" Vindicators (6+ of em).
And about Atuk and Shinra. I think it was cool that Player peeps helped the "NPC" corp as an escort group. added to the event (roleplaying) flavour.
So tnx to all the peeps who joined in on the fun (some nice Politic qwerks)
And to CCP tnx for another great Event, keep em comming.
Satisfied vindicator killer.
PS. next time Egulbard Afsommon....perhaps put some WCS on....for your own safety =P
Just because you actually killed something doesnt make it a good event. Our killboard is filled with vindicators and daredevils either.
Im also not very much impressed that you took down its shields to 20%, as it was us who brought it from 100% to 40%.
I guess you also missed the fun chasing the "cheating" titan from F67E-Q to 3HQC-6, where we lost members almost every jump, which then were not able to log in again.
Our gang member count dropped about 50% due to the lag, bugs and because of the too long time needed to kill the titan. It has just become too late for anyone whos not in the US time zone.
CCP should have prepared the servers better or make the titan killable by less players.
Btw. That you appreciate the acts of your allies Atuk and Shinra doesnt suprise me much.
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Trooper B99
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Posted - 2005.05.07 22:43:00 -
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FYI i'll have an IC story about the event from my own POV in the defenders camp posted some time tomorrow fingers crossed. It's at around 4 pages atm because it was a huge fricking event.
Wirykomi Team Racer - COLOSSUS Championships Year 106
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Mr Jack
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Posted - 2005.05.08 05:40:00 -
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I was on the other side of the galaxy when all this started kicking off. It took me well over 2 hours to get to the fountain region thanks to numerous gate camps and lack of book marks. It was going quite well until I came accross the great FA blockade, almost impossible without BMs, although some heros managed it. Speaking of bookmarks, good job the Titan didnt have any. (s******)
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Mr Jack
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Posted - 2005.05.08 05:41:00 -
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I dont believe it, censorship gone mad, that was s n i g g e r
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Sky Hunter
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Posted - 2005.05.08 08:58:00 -
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I wont say anything bad about those who protected Titan, however i must say it wasnt very fair from event-team side.
Think about it this way. Protectors knew who they up to. They were up to PvP. So they fitted up strictly for PvP. The Attackers were goin up to both PvP and PvE. And no need to point up that creating all-around BS that will go PvP and PvE is impossible and it will do bad in both.(well expect tanked raven or apoc).
So either event should be mainly PvP or mainly PvE. Not both at a time. -=-
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Super Spike2
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Posted - 2005.05.08 09:52:00 -
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ok guys. lets think about this from another point of view. wat if CCP wants to use the titan in a further story line EG the gellente fed goes out there and takes it back some how, so they coulnt well have some player killin the titan or the story line woulnt work. but i still think 35mill shields and 8 mill armour were a bit too much i think 8 mill on shields and armour would have been enough. just another point of view
my 2 bill isk
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JimmySav
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Posted - 2005.05.08 11:22:00 -
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i made a storline type post here about what i thought was a great event.
Tuvan is close personal friend of mine and i felt obligated to help a brutha out..
http://oldforums.eveonline.com/?a=topic&threadID=179127
feel free to add to it with mroe info from teh "kill the titan side"..and some screenies etc...
I didnt post here as this thread seemed to be dead...
Jim'll Fix it For You. ( and you and you!)
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JimmySav
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Posted - 2005.05.08 11:27:00 -
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Originally by: Super Spike2 ok guys. lets think about this from another point of view. wat if CCP wants to use the titan in a further story line EG the gellente fed goes out there and takes it back some how, so they coulnt well have some player killin the titan or the story line woulnt work. but i still think 35mill shields and 8 mill armour were a bit too much i think 8 mill on shields and armour would have been enough. just another point of view
my 2 bill isk
I have to say, that if the shield were down to 20% it wasnt really too much. without our help the titan would almost certainly have gone down. (this is not bragging, i just am sure the Titan would have been killed) Jim'll Fix it For You. ( and you and you!)
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Sennju Zensu
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Posted - 2005.05.08 11:38:00 -
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for me it was a good event i was here all the event without gang and still alive, have see all the battles it was fun ^^
[5] was with Serpentis side, it add more rolplay, maybe not fun for Gallente allies, but that added more action!
we loosed a titan in serpentis hand, bad day for gallente federation :(
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Sky Hunter
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Posted - 2005.05.08 13:11:00 -
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Originally by: Sennju Zensu for me it was a good event i was here all the event without gang and still alive, have see all the battles it was fun ^^
[5] was with Serpentis side, it add more rolplay, maybe not fun for Gallente allies, but that added more action!
we loosed a titan in serpentis hand, bad day for gallente federation :(
well, like i said, if they had pvp pilots protectiong titan whyd they need such uber defence on it? -=-
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Artharas
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Posted - 2005.05.08 16:38:00 -
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Originally by: Sennju Zensu for me it was a good event i was here all the event without gang and still alive, have see all the battles it was fun ^^
[5] was with Serpentis side, it add more rolplay, maybe not fun for Gallente allies, but that added more action!
we loosed a titan in serpentis hand, bad day for gallente federation :(
If it was accually a RP corp/alliance that would have aided the Titan, fine but I can't really say that I believe that [5] were there to RP(not that anyone cares what I believe ) ------------------------- These are my views and don't necessarily represent my corp nor my alliance. |
Takrolimus
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Posted - 2005.05.08 18:09:00 -
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while it may be true that none of us care what you think, nevertheless we WERE roleplaying. It was our plan from the very announcement of the event to help serpentis as MOST of the stations we live in are serpentis, as are most of our agents. It would have made no sense to attack it.
Furthermore, you talk as if we brought an unfair force. We had a few over 30 BS vs several HUNDRED.
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JimmySav
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Posted - 2005.05.08 20:27:00 -
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That was total RP.
Serpentis is my favourite corp in game, and they love me too.
It was RP from the beginning to the end and it was great fun.
Jim'll Fix it For You. ( and you and you!)
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Bratzo
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Posted - 2005.05.09 01:14:00 -
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Originally by: JimmySav
Originally by: Super Spike2 ok guys. lets think about this from another point of view. wat if CCP wants to use the titan in a further story line EG the gellente fed goes out there and takes it back some how, so they coulnt well have some player killin the titan or the story line woulnt work. but i still think 35mill shields and 8 mill armour were a bit too much i think 8 mill on shields and armour would have been enough. just another point of view
my 2 bill isk
I have to say, that if the shield were down to 20% it wasnt really too much. without our help the titan would almost certainly have gone down. (this is not bragging, i just am sure the Titan would have been killed)
Thing is, that after about 3-4 hours of shooting at the titan, the shields where down to about 40%, not 30% not even near 20%. Conclusion would be that even without the 5 "helping" the titan get away, it would have taken about 6-7 hours of about 100+ BS shooting at the titan to take it down. Now remember that no BS can stuff its cargo with NEARLY enough ammo to shoot 6-7 hours straight, getting ammo takes time and kills ships (camps, Pirats...) extending the time to kill the titan to at least 8-9 hours. I personaly dont know all too many ppl that are willing and able to play EvE for that amount of time straight. With other words, the event either wasnt meant to be won on player side, or was simply very badly planed by CCP (although it was fun) The 5 interviening (sp) just added unneeded Lag to the entire event. Not to mention the NPC BS that kept spawning right in the middle of the pilots fighting the titan right in the middle of 250+ ppl fighting each other. It was fun to a certain extent, but i was only involved for about 2-3 hours of the entire ordeal. For those that where chasing the titan for about 6 hours, that fought the 5, tried to get back to the titan and so on... i can truely understand thier frustration and them being angry at the way things went.
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anister
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Posted - 2005.05.09 01:21:00 -
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Originally by: Bratzo extending the time to kill the titan to at least 8-9 hours. I personaly dont know all too many ppl that are willing and able to play EvE for that amount of time straight.
The Event lasted for about 14 hours from Start to Finish, I was with it for at least 10 hours and i know there was a lot more people who stayed the same amount of time
Quote: The 5 interviening (sp) just added unneeded Lag to the entire event.
Good logic, if we didn't escort it we would have been shooting it, same amount of lag. . .
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Takahira
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Posted - 2005.05.09 02:59:00 -
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I seemed to think the damn thing looked or looks like Jay Leno's chin,funny how you lads haven't noticed it. And who wanted to kill a titan again? dude, if you could kill it that easily then all the SCC tax from our exploits woulda been considered a waste tbh,'sides they dont say empires for nothing.
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TEALEAF
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Posted - 2005.05.09 07:05:00 -
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Hi all.I flew up to the event in a frig and got killed by gankers 10 times on the way (namely WHOSYADADDY) and his stupid idiot corp mates. I only wanted to go watch the event allthough i did get there eventually after a bit of discusion wiv pirates.I soooooo wanted to take my main char up there but as you can see it was far too risky without bms. SURELY these events can be put in safe space so everyone can have a look or fight in there main ships so that stupid arse pirates dont gank ya then they can see what its like not being able to attend events. COME ON CCP most of the people are in safe space in this game,give us an event we can enjoy too !
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Delacho
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Posted - 2005.05.09 11:11:00 -
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Originally by: TEALEAF
COME ON CCP most of the people are in safe space in this game,give us an event we can enjoy too !
last event in safe space crashed the server, while it wasn't even a real event (the announcement of the jove exploding in yulai or wherever it was) and with thousands of people trying to go to the system all at once.
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fuze
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Posted - 2005.05.09 22:14:00 -
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Seems nobody questions the fact that [5] put 45 (camera) shuttle kills on their killboards and with that they locked out quite a lot of players. A shuttle kill is soo hard. Sure 0.0 isn't for carebears but escorting a Titan and thinking shuttles are a threat is a bit of a mystery to me. Did they fear the omfgpwndbbq skill of shuttle pilots?
5 or 6 Alliances putting aside their difference with eachother and enjoyed some fine Titan hunt. But some guys misused this short period of a 'mutal ceasefire' to sneak up on the ships and gank them. Which I might add MC are skilled gankers. Tactical quite sufficient, but ethical quite low on any moral standards I suppose. Still at that time the odds don't count if your ship is equipped to gank a Titan or Vindicator isn't similar to a PvP setup. As well that some of this alleged ennemies didn't want to attack [5] and MC.
They are now boasting their uberness on the forums. Trooper99 made a heck of story out of it though (kudos). Still [5] and MC should wonder if what they did was actual roleplaying or just plain griefing IMHO. As a business endevour this 'event' is the best publicity MC can get I suppose. From the past I know Seleene dousn't shy a little publicity in favor of their corp. (And you do a great job of course Seleene.) But if they truly support roleplaying they shouldn't mind Concord or Gallente putting them at -5 or -10 because they are proven to be assisting the Serpati family and obstructing the Gallentian Federation law. And of course +5 or +10 for the Serpentis for being loyal helps. But I might wonder about the Serpentis needing this kind of help because they should be able to handle these matter themselves. (They can spawn as many Vindicators as they want to, at any place they like.) And of course [5] and MC still can expect some standing changes made towards them by those alliances that got attacked though. (cept for their friend of course) They know they deserve that.
Still CCP didn't seem to mind and they played along this. Personally I don't think this event was one worthy the fact that Eve celebrated his 2nd birthday. The exploding jovian was way more fun. At least everyone got a fair shot at getting something worthwhile in return. Or the machiavellian storywriter of CCP still has something up his/her sleeve. A theory where I'm sure off there are people who actually belief it is true. And you might wonder why [5] and MC were that well equipped for this event. Do they know their setups or did they get some 'devine' help. (OMG sounding so much like an Amarrian now) And what about the claims that Dev in their Vindicators bypassed game mechanics by teleporting their ships instead of using the gates? Staying out of danger at gates and not getting ganked and still being able to snipe out their opponents at 250km range. And not firing on [5] and MC after communications with the devs. The only thing that's not tech II on those ships are the fuzzy dice btw.
So I don't mind [5] and MC seized their opportunity and got some fun out of it. Probably they knew CCP wouldn't put their wrath on them. Lallante's claim of true roleplaying I surely do question though. Ganking shuttles (with out some good old randsom) isn't roleplaying IMHO. (If they are frapping there is no better way to show their uberness anywayz)
But the most I question CCP's attitude towards this whole issue. I officially posted a complaint about this that game mechanics were violated and it ruined the event. The least they could do is some make up event for the rest out there. Of the fat lady didn't sing yet? (I don't mean the 200kg damsel with that btw) It just bugs me to see that devs would have uberpwnbbq skills and not sticking to their own rules. That is not roleplaying and certainly not fair to their paying customers. ___________________________ Favorite bumpersticker of the month: My head hurts! |
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Posted - 2005.05.09 22:32:00 -
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i made it one gate into 0.0 space b4 I got Ganked Wasent this suposed to be an Concord Sactioned Event?? I counted 10K ship kills just on the Way to System
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Posted - 2005.05.09 23:08:00 -
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Well, generally in 0.0 as with anything any ship can be a spy for an enemy fleet. For this reason they're taken out as and when they are come across. I cannie fault the FC's of the fleets for ordering this as really, everyone was killing frigs and shuttles that weren't blue, green or purple. Then again, there's also the odds of these frigs and shuttles being enemies returning to home base or perhaps looters.
It's sad that camera shuttles were taken out, but I can see the reasoning behind it.
Also, I can sympoathise with those people who didn't want to PvP against a prepared crew, but as is so often said, 0.0 is lawless space. We had our contracted people to kill and had our objectives to follow. We do this without hesitation from the FC's orders. Soon as the attackers warped in, the people attacking the Titan could have warped off and refused to fight as is their right in the game. However, EVE revolves around non-consentual PvP. As mercs, this is a BIG part of our life and gameplay.
Often enough Mercs, indeed, those pilots in the MC are accused of being griefers because we are paid to declare war on someone and kill their players. Are we out to ruin people's fun? nope, we're there to do a temporary job.
The whole idea of the standing sets is actually being disucssed in this thread starting at, i think, Riddari's post. Suffice to say that all players within the corporations involved will accept whatever the Devs decide to do. Afew ideas put forward were -3 to -10 Gal Faction and -3 to -10 specific corporate factions (and thus the reduced Gal faction as well). Might be best discussing them in that thread though.
As you say, i think this EVENT has more in it and somwhere else to run. It is a major happening. A pirate faction with a TITAN? This might run for a biti and have some empire side things for people to do. One way to look at it though is despite it being set in the syndicate, corps based in Curse travelled up to take part. As with any EVENT, it requires a willingness to take part. Hopefully any remainder parts will include more people.
I can answer your question about us being so well set-up though. The Five forces came equipped to PvP against those people atacking the Titan from the minute that they saw the news and the names of the Aurora staff. The MC/RIP forces were also equipped PvP but this was as we were going to attack IMP/G at that time anyways, before any news about the Titan broke. No conspiricy, sorry.
I cannie say anything about the "teleporting ships", but EVENT staff do have commands that are not open to players as people who've taken part in EVENT's will know. The Vindicators were shooting people at 150+km, not 250km though to my knoweldge. Megas with 425 II's are good, but not that good unless they are getting seriously boosted by support ships. Despite Thol and Jimmysav RPing with the Serps in local and private convo once they agreed to allow us to escort them , we STILL lost ships to them firing on us, myself included. They liked to change teir minds. Personally I'm guessing they had differnt people taking over characters every now and again.
Quote: But the most I question CCP's attitude towards this whole issue. I officially posted a complaint about this that game mechanics were violated and it ruined the event.
What exactly are you complaining about them doing? If you think thinbgs went OTT, email keiron or the Aurora staff and have it investigated if you think they broke their rules. Afaik, from a long ago post in this forum, that Aurora leads can use heal and movement mods when not under view from players to help continue fast paced fun. There's no point them waiting 5 mins to regen armour and cap before fighting again when they can and are allowed to use commands to heal and fillcap to further the EVENT.
Ah well.
Oh and btw, glad you liked the story, took an age to write.
Wirykomi Team Racer - COLOSSUS Championships Year 106
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aeti
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Posted - 2005.05.10 01:31:00 -
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ill take that fuze, as long as the entire FA gets set to -10 to the serps/angels for attacking the titan, so they get blasted by the sentries in YZ etc :>
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Posted - 2005.05.10 01:41:00 -
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Originally by: Ossprey I counted 10K ship kills just on the Way to System
Thats pretty spectacular considering the average number of players online is around that many people..
I think you're exaggerating juuuuuuust a little. ___
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